she spends some of the year in miami with her coach who also coached lexie thompson who qualified at 12 for the u.s. women's open. so used to be the youngest, now of course it is li who by the way has a dad on stockbroker, her mom a former table tennis champion. obviously she made a good decision going into golf. and she's played through eight holes, she's at five over and the leader at one under. so not too bad so far this morning. stephanie chuang, today in the bay. >> and i like how she wants to learn. i'm sure she could teach us all a few things about golf. >> also the fact that when she was 7 or 8, she used to throw all of these temper tantrums and now a made cheture 11-year-old left that all behind her. >> reporter: and i don't know if you got the chance to watch her at the open, but she had the giggles, but she was impressing people saying i'm going to do my best and i'm out there just to have some fun. so really proud of her obviously. >> very mature for her age. >>> more details for you about the women's u.s. open. so it will be played at pinehurst no. 2 in north carolina, t

mclean also coached lexi thompson who used to be the youngest qualifier for the u.s. open at age 12 back in 2007. stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. >> well, li vi irki finished th round and shot 8 over par, getting to birdies, three bogeys, two double bogeys, and one triple bogey. she'll have to play a little better tomorrow, she is tied right now for 102nd. >> still pretty impressive for an 11-year-old. >>> facebook is apologizing for an overnight outage that seemed to sweep across the globe. its site, as well as its apps, unavailable this morning in a good portion of europe, asia, and africa. tech crunch is reporting that u.s. users were tweeting out about the site being down. early this morning, facebook released this statement saying, quote, we experienced an issue that prevented people from posting to facebook for a brief period of time. we resolved that issue quickly and we are thousand back to 100%. we're sorry for any inconvenience that this may have caused. >>> american apparel has fired its controversial founder and ceo. yesterday, the board of directors

tiger woods showed off his golf skills at age 2 and lexi thompson qualified for the women's open at theage of 12 and michelle wei did so at 13. now she's 24. >> i'm so excited for her to be out. it's a memory that will last her a lifetime. >> reporter: as any weekend hacker can tell you, golf is not child's play. these campers at new york's chelsea pier knows it takes a lot of work. jonathan ho is 11. how do you know if you've hit it just perfectly? >> when it goes perfectly straight and goes where you want it to go. >> reporter: li's done that a lot this year, winning her age group at a putt and chip championship trouncing the competition by seven shots at the sectional qualifier. and now this. though some on the tour have complained, three-time open champ annika sorenstam is a fan. >> keep in mind that this game is between the ears and seems to have a lot up there. >> reporter: li shot a 78, 8 over par today. >> i'm happy with the way i played. need to get rid of the big numbers. >> reporter: but she won't go back to the practice green. >> what's your plans for the rest of the day? >>

lexie thompson finished one under. she's chasing michelle wi. tiger woods surprising here announcing he's going to be returning to golf next week just 12 weeks after back surgery. just a week ago said all he can do is chip and putt. some world cup, costa rica. brian ruiz with a header, wait a minute. did it go in? we have computer sxdz it's a goal. there is a scuffle. group e, france, switzerland. france scored by five players. switzerland dominated time of possession. also, honduras and ecuador. scored first and counters in the 34th minute. and again, ecuador is victorious. abc7 sports brought to you by giants hardware >> thank you very much. >> tonight at 9:00 and at 11:00 continuing our breaking news of the home fires and tension over tech buses >> is there an arg onnist? the fires that have the police, and fire departments joining forces. that is it for this edition of abc7 news our coverage continues on twitter. >> we hope to see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. don't wait for awesome... totino's pizza rolls... ...gets you there in just 60 seco

lexie thompson finished one under. she's chasing michelle wi. surprising here announcing he's going to be returning to golf next week just 12 weeks after back surgery. just a week ago said all he can do is chip and putt. some world cup, costa rica. brian ruiz with a header, wait a minute. did it go in? we have computer sxdz it's a goal. there is a scuffle. group e, france, switzerland. france scored by five players. switzerland dominated time of possession. also, honduras and ecuador. scored first and counters in the 34th minute. and again, ecuador is victorious. abc7 sports brought to you by giants hardware >> thank you very much. >> tonight at 9:00 and at 11:00 continuing our breaking news of the home fires and tension over tech buses >> is there an arg onnist? the fires that have the police, and fire departments joining forces. that is it for this edition of abc7 news our coverage continues on twitter. >> we hope to see you again at 00 and 11:00. female announcer: looking for the hottest deal on a new mattress? then don't miss sleep train's 4

lexi thompson was 12 when she shot a 76 in her first round. she follows that up with an 82. back in 20/01/2001. also in pine need eights at 13, she missed the cut. she was actually older than morgan at the time she played in the women's open, she did make the cut, but those three lucy lee's is trying to now make it. >> tell me about the number one female golfer is stacy lewis? >> correct. >> and she had some commenting heading into the tournament -- >> there's a distinction, we mentioned the youngest people that have played stacy lewis plays four years of collegiate golf, before turning professional. she said. >> the tournament started this weekend that she shout it was too young for an 11-year-old to be on this stage playing against grown women with. because her comment then was, what's next for her. at 11 she started playing here, what is next. granted stacy lewis was not good enough to make the u.s. women's open, so her perspective may be different. and we with have also seen young players to go on and have successful careers. and stacy is is the number one with female go

now, lexy thompson, she played when she was 12 years old. she was much more encouraging to lucy li. out there and just has a great learning experience. some mixed reviews. pretty surprising that the number one golfer in the world, stacy lewis, would come out and say she's not a big fan of it. >> i smell fear. i smell fear. >> i wonder if that's what it is, or just hateration. >> i don't know if she's smelling much fear because right now stacy lewis isn't first place halfway through her round in day one. >> andy scholes, appreciate it. >> the scent of fear may be fading. >>> i would like to leave you with world cup cable outrage. like billions of people, i love the world cup. and like millions of people, i enjoy tweeting about the world cup. so imagine my outrage when people on twitter complain that they are stick of reading tweets about the world cup. there's even an app now that lets you block all world cup tweets. >> come on. >> really? you'd rather read tweets about the grilled cheese someone had for lunch or the cable anchor who's too conservative or too liberal or both, you'd r

younger than other recent phenoms like lexie thompson and lydia coe.an old pro. >> what do you think of playing in front of crowds and getting attention? >> i like crowds. they don't bother me. i play better the more people that come watch me. >> reporter: is there anything about this week that makes you nervous? >> not really. >> reporter: no? >> reporter: she spent half of her young life preparing for this. since 6 split her time between california's bay area and golf school in florida. this is video of her swinging away at 8 and here is a slow motion drive at the age of 9. michelle wie who turned pro at 16 is already a fan. >> she looks so darn cute! >> reporter: wie's advice? >> go out there, try to learn as much as you can and go up to any pro. you're not scary. we won't bite. just ask us anything. >> reporter: but there are some critics, including current world number one stacy lewis. she told "usa today," quote, i just like to see kids learn how to win before they come get beat up out here. if it was my kid i wouldn't let her play in the u.s. op

age of 11 she's about to compete on golf's biggest stage, younger than other recent venoms like lexi thompson and lydia co-. she's already handling press conferences like a pro. >> what do you think of playing in front of crowds. >> i like crowds. i play better the more people that come watch me. >> is there anything about this week that makes you nervous? >> not really. >> reporter: li spent nearly half her young life preparing for this. since the age of six, she split her time between her home in california's bay area and a golf course in florida. here is a slow motion drive at the age of 9. michelle lee who turned pro at 16 is already a fan. >> she's so darn cute. >> reporter: her advice? >> go out there, try to learn as much as you can, go up to any pro. we're not scary. we won't bite. ask us anything. >> reporter: there are some critics including world number one stacy lewis, she told "usa today," quote, i just like to see kids learn how to win before they come get beat up out here. if it was my kid, i wouldn't let her play in a u.s. open qualifier at 11. as for li, it's simple, she just